Charles R. Hankston, Appellant v. Equable Ascent Financial

In this appeal from a default judgment, Charles Hankston argues in part that he was wrongfully accused of not paying a bill that is not his. He explains he did not sign for the account, he was never in the store, he did not receive anything for the account, and he is not liable for the account. Hankston’s answers to requests for admissions, filed after the default judgment as part of his notice of appeal, explain that Hankston had no knowledge an account had been opened, that the statements first started coming in Patricia Spears’s name, but then his name was added, and that he informed “plaintiff’s predecessor” about the dispute “several times[,]” and was informed by “ [p]laintiff['s] agents” “that the card was in Patricia Spears [n]ame and not [his].” The statements stopped coming, and so Hankston thought that the matter was resolved.

In its brief, appellee asserts that appellant obtained a credit card from GE Money Bank, and that GE Money Bank sold the account to appellee. Appellee argues that, as assignee of the account, it “is entitled to the damages sought herein.”